Royal Garden is Finished!

I am so happy to have a finish!

 Now I have to go get it framed. Unless I can sweet talk my husband into framing it from me.

Royal Garden is So Close to A Finish

 I have been plugging away on this in the evening.

The colors look washed out, but are gorgeous in person.

Royal Garden is Moving Forward

 Well, my husband went to spend time with my daughter so I had extra stitching time this weekend. 

So I watched a bad movie:

And stitched

All the sprats heads are done!!!

IHSW for July

 I was so lucky this month! Our church hosted a scrapbook event and I went and stitched all day! Well, not all day. I sat and chatted too. And ate. And did a few laps around the gym. But mainly I stitched!

So here is my starting spot for Agnus Dei:

And where I ended:

I took Royal Garden with me:

And I finished the sprats heads in one corner. (Hard to talk and count with them!)

And I ripped a bunch of stitches from my Bristol Squirrel (I made a mistake on some of my x's!)

Pretty orts, don't you think?

And where I ended:

I would like to get this stitched so I can learn how to make a berry with my local Embroidery Guild of America.....

Because This Project is a Year Old

 Well, I think it is a year old....My blog only has a photo from August, but I think I started in July...

Here is my first post: Royal Garden

I wanted to try the Chilly Hollow stitch in a thinner thread as I didn't like my tension. I tried the Silk Lame Petite in the same color.

This is the whole piece:

With the regular Silk Lame:

With the Petite:

It is much smoother with the Petite, but I don't like the how it covers. Luckily this is easy to remove. I think I need to yank on my thread a bit more....And can I finish this piece in July?
 

My Progres on Royal Garden

 Thanks Jane from Chilly Hollow for the advice on using a thinner thread. I ordered some threads and hope they will be in soon.

 While I was waiting, I worked on the Sprat's head stitches. They do take a while, and there are quite a few to do. 

Thank goodness I like stitching them.

Next time I pick this up I hope to get the 4 Chilly Hallow stitches done. Wish me luck!

Royal Garden Issues

 I am not sure what to do.....I have pulled this piece out with the hope that I would get it finished before the end of June. But I know I will run out of a thread. Sigh. If I had just known when I was in New Mexico, I could have picked it up.

It is also a royal pain to pull the threads through to make the Chilly Hollow stitch. So, should I find a different thread? Abandon the project? (Not going to do that, although I am tempted.) Order the stuff I am going to run out of? I am thinking I may order a similar thread to see if it would work better. 

I am going to pull Marion Lang out. Making little x's may calm me down...

R is for Royal Garden

 I must admit that I love this piece. If I didn't have other projects that need some love, I would stitch on this until completion.

P and Q And Why I Didn't Post Yesterday

 First, I was able to schedule myself for my first shot in the vaccine. I think I made a mistake as I first donated platelets:

 (Full disclosure-this is an old photo of me donating, but not much is different....)

That made me very tired so after donating platelets, running errands, and getting the vaccine, I took a nap. Then went to bed early. So that is my excuse and I am sticking to it.

P is not for platelets, although it could be....it is for PURPLE!

I must admit that I love this color. And this project, which is Royal Garden.

Q is for question.  I have one for you. Should I start Purrfect Christmas Santa 

or Kitty Stalks?

I need a new Mill Hill project.

L is for Lavender

 I have this piece sitting on my iron board. It stares at me while I exercise. I think it will move from the basement to my stitching space as it is screaming to get done!

National Needlepoint Month

 According to the American Needlepoint Guild, it is National Needlepoint Month. I will buy that! Any excuse to stitch on needlepoint. Well, lets be real. Any excuse to stitch PERIOD!

Here is my progress on Royal Garden:

Jessica Grimm 

had the brilliant idea of not doing the weaving stitch in the space between the crescents, but an alternating scotch stitch. Go check it out on her blog! 

And don't forget the Live Show on    Fiber Talk   tonight! I think it will be fascinating to talk to the artists who create this fabulous work.

Pushing Forward

 I have made some serious progress on this piece. The plan is to stitch on it with Gary on Fiber Talk

this Wednesday night. We will see how much I get stitched. 

 

Gifted Gorgeousness for August

 Well, I was wondering what I could post for this month when I realized this piece was a gift I gave myself for my birthday in July:

Gifted Gorgeousness is the brainchild of Jo

You post anything that can count as a gift.  Have a great weekend!

This is Addicting!

 I have been working on this a little every night and I hate to put it away. I really should be working on My Beloved by HATS, but I honestly could not think about tackling the Montenegrin Stitch today.  

 I even enjoy ironing the Neon Rays!

A Little Bit of Needlepoint

Well, I now  remember why counted canvas is my favorite type of needlework. It goes so much quicker and has such fun stitches!

The above is Royal Garden by Debbie Rowley. Lots of fun, but I think I will run out of the floss I used on the scotch stitches.

Below is Inchies by Kathy Rees. If I wasn't leading my local guild in stitching this, it would be done. I have made lots of silly mistakes, but I do enjoy stitching this.

A Little Bit on My Beloved

This piece is taking me forever! I spent a full evening and this is all I was able to accomplish:

This might have been two evenings....

And here is my progress on Royal Garden:

I was missing a color of perle cotton which I think is on its way to me....But I couldn't wait so I started with a thread I had in my stash. I think it works!

IHSW for July

Yipee! It was a stitchy weekend for me.  I was able to accomplish a lot although less than I planned.

First, I finished Autumnal Abstractions by Joni Stevenson:

Perfect? Not by a long shot, but it was fun and I enjoyed stitching it. The leaves look over-powering in the photo, but look nice in real life.

I started a new project this weekend:

Royal Garden by Debbie Rowely. I am stitching along with Fiber Talk

Yes, I am helping Gary by being his co-host. I think he will eventually find someone who is a better speaker than I am, but I am enjoying myself!